Here at FPA (Functional Performance Academy), We Help Performers Raise Their Baseline And Unlock The Next Chapter Of Their Career

Not all athletes play sport. But every performer should treat themselves like one.

Because once you reach a certain point with your craft, it’s not improving your skillset that will unlock the next chapter of your career. Instead, you must train the physical and mental systems that form the foundations on which your craft sits.

That’s where The Functional Performance Academy comes in.

Take Care Of The Systems So Your Craft Can Take Care Of Itself

Most performers train their skills. Few train the systems behind those skills. Making this switch is how you go from someone battling burnout, fatigue, and injury to becoming known for being the most consistent person in the room.

💥 The Only Academy Of Its Kind On The Internet

If our ethos resonates with you, you might be well suited to joining the academy, however, we have not launched yet.

If you would like to join the waiting list, you can do so below (and unlock a special launch price in return!)

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So, how do you actually build these systems?

FPA is the only coaching academy built for performers, artists, and creatives to raise their baseline level of performance and unlock the next stage of their career with physical and mental training and education.

We believe that, in order to become the best you can be at what you do, there comes a point where locking yourself away to perfect the nuances of your craft will no longer work.

You can already do it in practice.

The trick is to learn how to do it under the pressures of performance.

To do that, you must revisit the foundations and build the physiological and psychological systems that your craft sits upon. And to do that, you must learn to balance training and recovery so your body’s systems are ready and available for any moment where you might need to switch them on.

That’s where FPA comes in.

We help performers balance physical and mental conditioning with physiological and psychological recovery, so they can “get out of their own way”, give their craft room to breathe under the pressures of performance, and subsequently raise their baseline level of performance and unlock the next chapter of their career.

🎭 Who Is This For?

Functional Performance Academy helps stage performers, musicians, and artists build the foundational systems of word-class performance without burnout, injury, or fatigue. When you stop thinking like a fitness consumer and start operating like an athlete, you unlock clarity, confidence, and career longevity. This is the secret to sustainable performance.

⚙️ What You Get Inside FPA

The Training Hub

This is the central area for training and workouts.

You’ll get a 12-month, performer-specific periodised plan, with a rotating focus each month. Each month-long block is divided into week-long cycles. Each week consists of four 75-minute training sessions. And each session combines cardio and resistance work for a comprehensive full-body and full-system workout.

The Recovery Hub

Recovery is as much about education as it is practice.

The Recovery Hub is where these elements come together.

The hub is a growing body of recovery-based education, as well as tools to help you build a Recovery Toolbox, so you can start to develop a highly intelligent microdosed recovery strategy that seamlessly blends with your training to create a balanced stimulus that will help you stay physically and mentally available when the red light comes on.

The Learning Hub

Building the physical and mental systems for world class performance isn’t just about working out or learning to recover.

It’s about learning how these systems work, how they interact, and… That’s why we have built a full educational hub to go alongside the practical elements.

The Functional Performance Coaching Hub

Alongside your physical training and recovery plan, you’ll get access to a private space (the Coaching Hub) that provides direct 1:1 communication with Chris, plus peer-based learning through the FPA “Hive Mind.”

Whether you want to ask a question, seek guidance, or just jam on a topic you’re exploring with a group of like-minded performers, the Coaching Hub gives you the space to feel supported and accountable, every step of the way.

These topics are bigger than any of us, and many are still in the process of being scientifically ressaerched, so much is based on conjecture. community helps to spot patterns.

🙋‍♂️ Meet Your Coach

Hello!

I’m Chris.

Qualified personal trainer. Performance coach. Drummer.

I come from a background as a musician, playing the drums for anyone who would have me. Right now, I am the drummer for Hamilton in London’s West End.

In January 2023, I sustained two brain injuries that changed my life forever.

As I progressed through my recovery, the way I used to think about training, recovery, and performance was turned on its head (no pun intended). I realised that the success of your craft rests on your “skill” only up to a point, and the rest is down to the health of the systems that underpin it.

Develop these systems, and you’ll raise your baseline, break through plateaus, and become more capable in situations that used to overwhelm you. And, ultimately, learn you’re capable of far more than you ever thought.

Functional Performance is my attempt to distill everything I’ve learned about performance, training, and recovery, shaped by my brain injuries, 20 years in the music industry, and 5 years of active research, into the only academy of its kind on the internet.

Hope to see you on the inside.

“[Working with Chris] I’ve made more progress over the last year than I did in the previous five. Not only am I thrilled with the impact on myself, but the improvements in how I navigate life have been invaluable”.

— Ed, Functional Performance client

⚡ There’s No Comparison (That We Can Find). But Here’s One Anyway.

💰 Financial Outlay

Equivalent plans with a London-based, industry specific Personal Trainer would set you back of £30k a year, for the sessions alone.

But inside The Functional Performance Academy, you get access to the same framework for 2/3rds of the cost of a single PT session per month.

Here’s What You Get Access To When You Become A Member…

The Functional Performance Academy exists to serve performers. Not exclude them.

Our goal is to make the academy available to anyone who needs it, regardless of financial circumstance.

While this is a business, it was born from lived experience, and we never want money to be the reason someone can’t access the support they deserve.

If you can afford a membership, I hope you’ll join us knowing your contribution helps keep this work sustainable and supports those who aren’t in the position to pay right now.

But if you’re currently unable to afford it, we offer a 6-month scholarship. No questions asked.

Just drop us an email and we’ll get you set up.

Whatever your situation, you deserve the tools to train smart, recover well, and perform at your best.

Chris Draper

Founder, Functional Performance

👀 Hypothetically Asked Questions (For The Curious Reader)

Still have questions?

Drop me a DM on Instagram or email me at here. I’m happy to help.

📢 Final Word From Chris

High performance isn’t about rising to the occasion.

It’s about falling to the level of your systems, and making sure those systems are strong.

Functional Performance exists to help you learn, train, and develop those systems so you can raise your baseline level of performance in every area of your life, whether it’s with your family, presenting a keynote, or performing in front of thousands.

The ultimate goal is just to show up, and trust those systems to do their job.

That’s what Functional Performance is about.

I hope this gives you the tools to perform at your best, and feel good doing it.

See you inside.

💥 The Only Academy Of Its Kind On The Internet

If our ethos resonates with you, you might be well suited to joining the academy, however, we have not launched yet.

If you would like to join the waiting list, you can do so below (and unlock a special launch price in return!)

JOIN THE WAITING LIST